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Thousands of nearly endangered sharks gathering and jumping off Palm Beach

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Spinner sharks launch themselves out of the water while feeding on schools of small fish. See them jump and spin among surfers.

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Goose from Greenland hangs out in Brooklyn

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A rare Barnacle goose from Greeland is trying to blend in with a flock of plain Canada geese in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. As if he wasn’t on the wrong side of the Atlantic, much smaller and much fancier.

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Crows love Cape Cod

Crows thrive on Cape Cod, especially in the winter, when thousands live on the Cape, then roost on Martha’s Vineyard. Bostonians can see roosts in Roxbury and Shopper’s World.

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Painted Lady butterflies migrating through NYC

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The smaller, drabber cousin of the Monarch is headed north in huge numbers this year.

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Ambitious, young males leading hummingbirds in early migration

Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)

Macho hummingbirds are leading the migration north weeks early this year. Most ruby-throated hummingbirds are still hanging back down south.

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Hummingbirds arrive a month--sometimes two--early this year; some never left

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In the last week hummingbirds flew into IL, NY, PA, OH, MD and even Ontario, way ahead of schedule. Freakishly, many fragile hummingbirds spent all winter up north.

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Whooping cranes may make AL home after fluky weather and FAA rules dispute

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13 endangered whooping cranes now call Wheeler NWR their winter home–maybe permanently–thanks to the quirks of weather, FAA rules and bird stubbornnes.

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How to find the snowy owl near you

Snowy owl stands on Wisconsin brush,

The white, Harry Potter owls are having a boom year, sighted in Boston, Chicago, Philly, Denver and Long Island. Look on eBird to see where.

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Japan's Kabukiri Wetlands, a Ramsar site, hopes birders return

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Kabukiri Wetlands, where farmers flood their fields to serve migrating ducks and swans, hopes birders will return to the area about 100 miles from the nuclear disaster.

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Tips: how to find migrating monarch butterflies

Monarchs on Long Island, Oct. 5, 2011

Monarch butterflies are migrating down south right about now. Check pines and milkweed after a rain. Check Journey North for an interactive spotting map for roosts.

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